The Ministry of Youth and Sports, together with Lanka Sportreizen and the Sri Lanka Police are set to introduce a weekly event under the title ‘Family Run Saturday’ with the intention of promoting a

The battle for the 68th National Snooker title between two club mates Thaha Irshad and Mohamed Rikas of MICH saw Irshad coming out victorious in the 11 frame final with the minimum of fuss in th

An outlay of Rs. 60 million by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for the purchase of rollers for cricket clubs has been highlighted by the Auditor General as “suspicions”, it was revealed at the Committee on

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has hired the services of Dr. Chaminda Gunathilaka for the home series against Bangladesh, it is learnt. According to highly placed sources in Colombo, Dr. K.A.P. Kiriella, who travelled with the team on the West Indies tour

Air Force SC recorded a comfortable 70-run win over Army SC A in the tournament encounter played at the Army ground in Panagoda yesterday. The foundation for the win for Air Force SC A was laid by Dilani Manodara who made 55 for her side taking fir

Pakistan opening batsman Fakhar Zaman’s astonishing innings of 193 could not prevent South Africa winning the second one-day international by 17 runs in Johannesburg on Sunday. Pakistan seemed to have no chance when they slumped to 205 for seven

Negombo Rifle Shooting Club (NRC) dominated the NSSF Trap Open Championship 2021 as Rishan Dias accumulated 34 points in the final round to clinch the overall championship of the three-day competi

Half tons by Binuka Sanketh and Tharindu Rajapakse and a five-wicket haul by Manuja Dulneth paved the way for Rahula College Matara to record a massive 153-run win over Karandeniya Central in

Hambantota Hornets claimed the first stage of the Dialog Beach Soccer Championship 2021 when they beat Matara Marines 3 - 2 in the finals carried out at the Hambantota beach yesterday.

Former chairman of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Kanchana Jayaratne was elected President of the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation (SLVB) at the SLVB elections held to elect office-bearers for th

The Sri Lankan national players will be given the first dose of vaccination next Sunday. This was revealed by Prof. Arjuna de Silva, the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket (board) interim committee.

West Indies extended their lead over Sri Lanka in the second Test to 269, reaching 173 for 3 at tea on the fourth day, earlier this morning. Windies captain Kraigg Brath

Top and bottom seeded players Savini Jayasuriya and Janali Manamperi kept up to their expectations coming out victorious in the Women’s Open singles semi-final encounters of Clay Court Tennis National

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 65 runs in a rain-shortened third Twenty20 International in Auckland today to claim a series clean sweep. With their innings reduced to 10 overs due to bad weather, Bangladesh were all out for 76 with three balls to

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday said it would field an Emerging Team to play in the Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) Premier League 50-over competition. The move comes f

St. Anthony’s College beat S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia by eight wickets in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter in Katugastota yesterday. At Katugasota

NCC and Ragama CC maintained their unbeaten record in the ongoing Major Club Limited Over cricket tournament when they chalked up their fifth successive win of the tournament in the matches played at th

West Indies put themselves in a good position to gain a first innings advantage with their bowlers sharing the spoils as Sri Lanka slipped to 217 for 7 before rain led to a stoppage in play on the third day of the second Test in Antigua yesterday.

Sri Lanka recovered from the early wicket of captain Dimuth Karunaratne to reach tea on 60 for 1 on the second day of the second Test against the West Indies in Antigua earlier this morning.

Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa is keen on the resumption of schools rugby in near future while discussions have already been held with Asia Rugby over the possibility of conducting an Asian Club 7’s tournament. A letter dat

Former Sri Lankan all-rounder Kaushalya Weeraratne would have been happy to see Thisara Perera break his fastest fifty record. Last Sunday, Perera just missed out on the record, scoring fifty in 13 balls, in a List A match between Army SC and Bloomfi

Air Force’s Dinesha Dilrukshi, a silver medaist at the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) in Kathmandu, won the gold medal in the women’s cycling race at the 46th National Sports Festival in Katharagama.

Sri Lanka cricket legends team led by T.M. Dilshan that performed exceptionally at the Road Safety World Series which concluded earlier this month, are set to return to action around the next edition

A fine knock of 72 by Isiwara Dissanayake paved the way for Royal College, Colombo to record an easy 54 runs win over De Mazenod College, Kandana in the Under 19 Division One limited over tournament encounter played at Kandana yesterday. Richmond

Army rider 24-year-old Tharindu Sandaruwan won the men’s cycling race at the 46th National Sports Festival held from Katarag

Virat Kohli says cricketers are suffering after months of bio-secure “bubble” life during the coronavirus pandemic as they head into the high-stress environment of the Indian Premier League. Kohli, one of the game’s most disciplined captains

Three years after his ignominious exit as Australia’s captain in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal, Steve Smith has said he is keen and ready to lead the national side again if an opportunity came his way. Smith, one of the

Upcoming high-jump athlete Ushan Thivanka Perera’s record of 2.28m at the Texas Relays Championship held in the United States, which incidentally broke the existing Sri Lankan record, is a huge achievement, said Athletics Association of Sri Lanka (

The cycling race of the 46th National Sports Festival for both men and women will begin from the Kataragama bus stand today, t

West Indies and Sri Lanka will lock horns in the second Test at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua today. The match will begin at 7.30 pm. After failin